Recs if you like The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran...

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026

Long list for International booker prize 2026

The shortlist of six books was chosen by the 2026 judging panel

the longlist for the international booker prize

A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .

Updated once new nominees are announced.

Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026

Persian culture and history, home and abroad

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

13 books translated from 11 languages, by authors and translators representing 14 nationalities

Longlist for the International Booker Prize 2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies, featuring stories of witchcraft, warfare, trauma, transformation and more